How many tears can you hold before you cry out loud
How many tears does it take to make a cloud
And how long must you love before love makes you cry
How many times will you love before you die

And the music’s so revealing
Crying that the feeling can’t be wrong
It’s my Secret Self that suffering
I can feel it in my song

How many times can you give before you’ve given out
How many times can you trust before you doubt
And why must I be somebody else
Why can’t I be my Secret Self

And the music’s so revealing
Crying that the feeling can’t be wrong
It’s my Secret Self that suffering
I can feel it in my song



©1973 Window Music Co, Inc. BMI